Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, called House Speaker Paul D. Ryan "out of touch" when it comes to Islam after Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando, Florida.

In an interview with Breitbart News , the former Alaska governor said presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was right to have called for a ban on immigrants and refugees from Muslim countries until better screening is in place.

The Breitbart story summed up Palin's criticism as Ryan's "gutless reaction on radical Islamic terrorism."